Monerans: Monerans (A.K.A. bacteria) are single celled organisms that have no nucleus and reproduce by multiplying. Some produce their own food and some absorb the food around them.
Scientific Name:Salmonella typhimurium
Shape: Bacilli (Rod shaped)
Salmonella typhimunium invading a human body
Location:Salmonella typhimurium or S. typhi, for short, is located
in wild animals, domestic animals, and even pets (mostly it
is found in or around the intestine). Salmonella typhimurium
comes from under-cooked meat.
Interesting Facts:Did you know that Salmonella typhi causes food
poisening and Salmonellosis?
Scientific Name:Prochlorococcus marinus
Shape:Cocci (Sphere Shaped)
Marine bacteria
Location:Prochlorococcus marinus may be found at the ocean surface and
down to a depth of 200 meters.
Protists
Protists: Protists are single or multi-celled organisms that have a nucleus. Some produce their own food while some "hunt" or absorb the food around them.
Algae:
Algae is a "plant like" organism with a cell wall, chlorophyll, and other organelles. Algae make their own food.
ALGAE
Common Name: "Bubble"Algae
Scientific Name:
Ventricaria ventricosa
Ventricaria ventricosa in it's natural habitat, salt water
Location:
Ventricaria ventricosa is located around
the Indian Ocean to the Pacific, throughout the
Caribbean, east of Samoas, and south of Australia.
Interesting Facts:
Did you know that this "bubble"
algae's name before was really Valonia ventricosa,
not Ventricaria ventricosa ( all they did was change
the Genus name)?
Scientific Name:Botryocladia skottsbergii
Location: Botrycladia skottsbergii is located around
the Indian Ocean into the West Pacific.
Interesting Facts:Botryocladia skottsbergii looks
very similar to grapes.
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PROTOZOAN
Scientific Name:
Cryptocaryon irritans
Location:
Cryptocaryon irritans is located
on the gills or external body of a fish. Cryptocaryon irritans is usually comes from contaminated bodies of saltwaters.
Interesting Facts:
Did you know that Cryptocaryons irritans
causes the "Saltwater Ich" or White Spot Disease.
Kingdom Fungi
Definition: A multi-celled organism with no chlorophyll and absorbs the nutrients around it. Fungus is known as a decomposer ( it feeds on dead or dying organisms).
Definition of Ascomycota: Ascomycota are a cup-shaped fungus that grow on rock, whether on land or in water.
Kingdom:Fungi
Phylum:Ascomycota
Class:Dothideomycetes
Order:Pyrenulales
Family: Arthopyreniaceae
Genus:Arthopyrenia
species:halodytes
Common Name:
Shell Lichen
Arthopyrenia growing on a rock
Location:
Arthopyrenia halodytes is found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea on rocks, limpet shells, and barnical plates (This is possible because the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic share a border).
Definition of Basidiomycota: A type of Fungus that stays closely packed together like a club. Most grow on logs.
In the bottom left hand corner you see a Mycaureola dilseae on red alga
Location: Mycaureola dilseae is located on red alga. It grows by feeding off of it, absorbing it's nutrients, this is why it is known as a parasite.
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Aqaricles
Family: Marasmiaceae
Genus: Calathella
species: mongrovei
Common name:Unknown
Location:Calathella mongrovei is found in the coast of India.
Chytridiomycota: A type of fungus that lives in water or soil.
Kingdom:Fungi
Phylum: Chytridiomycota Class: Chytridiomycetes Order: Chytridales Family: Chytridiaceae Genus:Rhizophydium species:coronum Common Name: Unknown Location:Rhizophydium coronum is found in the Indian Ocean.
CHROMALVEOLATE
Chromalveolate: A newly discovered kingdom for organisms in the ocean only that resemble plants, but they aren't. This kingdom is composed of six Phyla, and one super phylum.
Cryptophyta- A group of algae in which most have chloroplast. They can be found in marine,fresh, and brackish waters.
Scientific Name:
Rhodomonas salina
Kingdom:Chromista
Phylum: Cryptophyta
Class: Cryptophyceae
Order: Pyrenomonadales
Family: Pyrenomonadaceae
Genus:Rhodomonas
species:salina
Rhodomonas salina
Location:
This phytoplankton lives in brackish
waters, occur in marine waters, and fresh waters.
Fun Fact: Rhodomonas salina was fed to larvea at a
science lab and they actually ate it!
Location: It's located in the Gulf of Findland, the
Atlantic coast of Belgium, the East Coast of the
U.S.A. and some other salt water environments Fun Fact: It is the most common species on the Swedish
west coast.
Scientific Name:Bolidomonas pacifica Location:Bolidomonas pacifica is located in the Pacific Ocean. Fun Fact: The heterkonts contain more than 100,000 known species.
Haptophyta: A group of algae in which some have two unequal flagellates. They have organelle(s) and some individual cells tend to bond together.
Location: Emiliania huxleyi is located in the
upper zones of the oceans, such as the Intertidal
Zone ( top layer of the ocean) or the Pelagic Zone
( the layer under the Intertidal Zone). They are located
here because they are phytoplankton and phytoplankton
need sunlight to produce their food.
Fun Fact:
Do you see those little circles on the Emiliania huxleyi? Those are actually the individual cells.
Scientific Name:Prymnesium parvum Location:
Fun Fact: Prymnesiumis parvum
a concern because it can produce
a toxin. It mainly kills fish, but has
an affect on humans.
Scientific Name:Paramecium caudatum Location:Paramecium caudatum is located
in fresh water and in some oceans oceans. Fun Fact: It's sometimes called the "slipper
animalcules"because of their shape.
Kingdom: Chromalveolata Phylum: Ciliophora Class: Prostoatea Genus:Cryptocaryon species:irritans
Family and Order are unknown at this time.
Scientific Name:Cryptocaeyon irritans Location: It is located in marine water. Fun Fact: This causes an infection commonly called
Marine Itch that effects fish, coral and
invertebrats.
Heterokontophyta- Most organisms in this phylum are algae (including kelp), but some are plankton or parasites, and some produce chlorophyll while others "hunt" for food.
Location:
In temprate regions with fresh and
marine waters. Places like the east coast of Asia
or the Dutch coastal waters.
Fun Fact:
Did you know that Fibrocapsa japonica produces
a toxin that kills fish? Once this toxin even killed two
seals!
Dinoflagellata- A large group of protists with flagellates. Most are marine plankton but they are common in fresh waters as well. Half af the Dinoflagellata phylum are photosynthetic, meaning they make their own food and contain chlorophyll.
Location: Noctiluca scintillans is located on the surface of fresh
and marine waters; even on the surface of coastal waters.
Fun Fact:
Did you know that this agae actually gives off a soft
green light? That's why it's common name is Seasparkle.
Dinoflagellata- A large group of protists with flagellates. Most are marine plankton but they are also common in fresh waters. Half of the Dinoflagellatas are photosynthetic, meaning they produce their own food and have chlorophyll.
Location: Cryptosporidium nasorum is found in
fresh and marine contaminated waters. The
contaminated waters contaminate the fish.
Usually this parasite can be found in the intestintes.
Fun Fact: This parasite can invade birds and humans
as well.
Fun Fact: The toxin in the Man-Of-Wars tentacles are
about 75% as powerful as cobra venom.
Location: It's located in the tropical and sub-tropical
regions of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Definition of Cnidaria: Animals that live in water, have 2 layers of cells seperated
by a jelly-like substance, and has 1 opening for food and waste.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Hapalochlaena
species: lunulata
Common Name: Blue Ringed Octopus
Blue-ringed octopus
Fun Fact: The blue ringed octopus is currentley reconized as one of
the worlds most venomous animals.
Location: It is located in the western Pacific Ocean.
Definition of Mollusca: Animals that are soft bodied, have a well developed
organ system, and some of them have soft shells.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Merostomata
Order: Xiphosura
Family: Limlidae
Genus: Limulus
species: polyphemus
Common Name: Horseshoe Crab
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Fun Fact: The Horseshoe Crab can be traced back to 20 million
years.
Location: It is located in the Atlantic Ocean.
Definition of Athropoda: Animals that have multiple body segments, jointed
appendages, and they have exoskeletons(hand outer covering for
protection that is typical for athropods.)
Vertebrates: An animal with a backbone or spinal chord.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Cephalaspidomorphi
Order: Petromyzontiformes
Family:Petromyzontidae
Genus: Petromyzon
species: marinus
Common Name: Sea Lamprey
Fun Fact:Secretions in the lampreys mouth prevent the
victums blood from clotting.
Location: It is found in the Atlantic coast of Europe and
North America.
Definition of Cephalaspidomorphi: Animals that have no appendages,
it is a parasite, it has gills,it skeletons are cartilage, and it
is an ectotherm (it has a body temperature the same as its environment.)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Cheloniidae
Genus: Chelonia
species: mydas
Common Name: Green Turtle
Green turtle, Akumal Mexico by Hawkfish.
Fun Fact: Many islands call themselves the turtle islands because of
all the turtles that nest there every year.
Location: The Green Turtle can be found in the Pacific and Atlantic
Ocean.
Definition of Reptilla: Animals that are covered in plates or scales, they have
lungs, and are ectotherms.
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Stenella
species: longirostris
Common Name: Eastern Spinner Dolphin
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Fun Fact: The Spinner Dolphins spin around their axis
as they leap through the air.
Location: Their located in the eastern Pacific Ocean and
off the shores of tropical waters.
Defintion of Mammalia: Animals that have an advancednervous system
and brain, they feed their yound milk, have appendages, and
have a well developed organ system.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chonrichthyes
Order: Carchrhiniformaes
Family: Sphrnidae
Genus: Sphyrna
species: lewini
Common Name: Hammerhead Shark
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Fun Fact: The hammer-like shape on the sharks head
helps it look for food.
Location: The shark is found worldwide in warmer waters
along coastlines.
Definition of Chonrichthyes: Animals that have a skeleton made
of cartilage, strong jaws, gills, teeth, fleshy fins, and they
lay eggs.
VERTABRATES: Any animal with a spinal chord or back bone. An endoskeleton (An internal skeletal system that supports the body) is also found in vertabrates.
Myxini:
Myxini are the only animals to have a skull but no vertebrae. Their skeleton is made up of cartilage. Myxini or Hagfish do not have jaws.
Location:
In cold waters of the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, Southern
Ocean, southwestern Brazil, off the coast of Chile, and other
marine coasts.
Mammalia:
Any type of animal with an advanced nervous system, lungs, and appendages. All mammalia, or mammals, give birth (they do not lay eggs) and feed there young with milk. Mammals are endotherms (meaning there body stays at a constant temprature).
Common Names:
Fin Whale
Razor Back
Finner
Common Rorqual
Herring Whale
The Grey Hound of the Sea
Location:
Fin Whales are located world wide, except in polar waters
( Most common in the Southern Hemisphere).
Fun Fact:
Fin Whales are the second largest animal in the world! (The
Blue Whale is the biggest). In the Northern Hemisphere, Fin
Whales grow up to 75ft while in the Southern Hemisphere they
grow up to 85ft, Wow!
Osteichthyes:
Osteichthyes or Bony fish are a vertebrae class of fish with a skeleton composed of bone.
Location:
In the western and eastern Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and western
Indo Pacific.
INVERTEBRATES: Any animal with no spinal chord or skeletal system. Invertabrates do not have an endoskeleton.
Ctenophora:
Ctenophora, commonly known as comb jellies, are a phylum of animals that live in marine enviroments worldwide. There bodies are a mass of jelly-like substances with one layer of cells on the outside. Animals within this phylum do not have a brain, but a simple nervous system.
Location:
Giant Pacific Octopi are located in Northern Pacific
waters, along the coast of America's northwest side, and
south of Japan.
Fun Fact:
Did you know that these type of octopi (within this genus
and species) are the largest octopi found so far!
Porifera:
Poriferas are a phylum of sponges. They live in saltwater and have two layers of cells. Sponges absorb food through their pores and get rid of waste through their top.
Common Names:
Golf ball sponge
Orange puffball sponge
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MONERANS
Monerans: Monerans (A.K.A. bacteria) are single celled organisms that have no nucleus and reproduce by multiplying. Some produce their own food and some absorb the food around them.
Scientific Name: Salmonella typhimurium
Shape: Bacilli (Rod shaped)
Location: Salmonella typhimurium or S. typhi, for short, is located
in wild animals, domestic animals, and even pets (mostly it
is found in or around the intestine). Salmonella typhimurium
comes from under-cooked meat.
Interesting Facts: Did you know that Salmonella typhi causes food
poisening and Salmonellosis?
Scientific Name: Prochlorococcus marinusShape: Cocci (Sphere Shaped)
Location: Prochlorococcus marinus may be found at the ocean surface and
down to a depth of 200 meters.
Protists
Protists: Protists are single or multi-celled organisms that have a nucleus. Some produce their own food while some "hunt" or absorb the food around them.
Algae:
Algae is a "plant like" organism with a cell wall, chlorophyll, and other organelles. Algae make their own food.
ALGAE
Common Name: "Bubble"Algae
Scientific Name:
Ventricaria ventricosa
Location:
Ventricaria ventricosa is located aroundthe Indian Ocean to the Pacific, throughout the
Caribbean, east of Samoas, and south of Australia.
Interesting Facts:
Did you know that this "bubble"algae's name before was really Valonia ventricosa,
not Ventricaria ventricosa ( all they did was change
the Genus name)?
Scientific Name: Botryocladia skottsbergii
Location: Botrycladia skottsbergii is located around
the Indian Ocean into the West Pacific.
Interesting Facts: Botryocladia skottsbergii looks
very similar to grapes.
PROTOZOAN
Scientific Name:
Cryptocaryon irritans
Location:
Cryptocaryon irritans is locatedon the gills or external body of a fish.
Cryptocaryon irritans is usually comes from
contaminated bodies of saltwaters.
Interesting Facts:
Did you know that Cryptocaryons irritanscauses the "Saltwater Ich" or White Spot Disease.
Kingdom Fungi
Definition: A multi-celled organism with no chlorophyll and absorbs the nutrients around it. Fungus is known as a decomposer ( it feeds on dead or dying organisms).
Definition of Ascomycota: Ascomycota are a cup-shaped fungus that grow on rock, whether on land or in water.
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pyrenulales
Family: Arthopyreniaceae
Genus: Arthopyrenia
species: halodytes
Common Name:
Shell Lichen
Location:
Arthopyrenia halodytes is found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea on rocks, limpet shells, and barnical plates (This is possible because the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic share a border).
Definition of Basidiomycota: A type of Fungus that stays closely packed together like a club. Most grow on logs.
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum:BasidiomycotaClass:Basidiomycetes
Order: (Not Assigned)
Family:Phyllachoraceae
Genus: Mycaureola
species: dilseae
Common Name:
Parasite
Location:
Mycaureola dilseae is located on red alga. It grows by feeding off of it, absorbing it's nutrients, this is why it is known as a parasite.
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Aqaricles
Family: Marasmiaceae
Genus: Calathella
species: mongrovei
Common name:Unknown
Location: Calathella mongrovei is found in the coast of India.
Chytridiomycota: A type of fungus that lives in water or soil.
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: ChytridiomycotaClass: Chytridiomycetes
Order: Chytridales
Family: Chytridiaceae
Genus:Rhizophydium
species:coronum
Common Name: Unknown
Location:Rhizophydium coronum is found in the Indian Ocean.
CHROMALVEOLATE
Chromalveolate: A newly discovered kingdom for organisms in the ocean only that resemble plants, but they aren't. This kingdom is composed of six Phyla, and one super phylum.
Cryptophyta- A group of algae in which most have chloroplast. They can be found in marine,fresh, and brackish waters.
Scientific Name:
Rhodomonas salina
Kingdom: Chromista
Phylum: Cryptophyta
Class: Cryptophyceae
Order: Pyrenomonadales
Family: Pyrenomonadaceae
Genus: Rhodomonas
species: salina
Location:
This phytoplankton lives in brackish
waters, occur in marine waters, and fresh waters.Fun Fact:
Rhodomonas salina was fed to larvea at a
science lab and they actually ate it!
Kingdom: Chromalveolate
Phylum: Cryptophyta
Class: Cryptophceae
Order: Pryenomadales
Family: Geminigeraceae
Genus: Teleaulax
species: amphioxeia
Scientific Name: Teleaulax amphioxeia
Location: It's located in the Gulf of Findland, the
Atlantic coast of Belgium, the East Coast of the
U.S.A. and some other salt water environments
Fun Fact: It is the most common species on the Swedish
west coast.
Heterokontophyta
Kingdom: Chromalveolate
Phylum: Heterokontophyta
Class: Bolidophyceae
Order: Bolidomonadales
Family: Bolidomonadaceae
Genus: Bolidomonas
species: pacifica
Scientific Name: Bolidomonas pacifica
Location: Bolidomonas pacifica is located in the Pacific Ocean.
Fun Fact: The heterkonts contain more than 100,000 known species.
Haptophyta: A group of algae in which some have two unequal flagellates. They have organelle(s) and some individual cells tend to bond together.
Scientific Name:
Emiliania huxleyi
Kingdom: Chromalveolate
Phylum: Haptophyta
Class: Prymnesiophyceae
Order: Prymmesiales
Family: Neolaerhabdaceae
Genus: Emiliania
species: huxleyi
Location:
Emiliania huxleyi is located in the
upper zones of the oceans, such as the Intertidal
Zone ( top layer of the ocean) or the Pelagic Zone
( the layer under the Intertidal Zone). They are located
here because they are phytoplankton and phytoplankton
need sunlight to produce their food.
Fun Fact:
Do you see those little circles on the Emiliania
huxleyi? Those are actually the individual cells.
Kingdom: Chromalveolata
Phylum: Haptophyta
Class: Prymnesiophyceae
Order: Prymnesiales
Family: Prymnesiaceae
Genus: Prymnesium
species: parvum
Scientific Name: Prymnesium parvum
Location:
Fun Fact: Prymnesiumis parvum
a concern because it can produce
a toxin. It mainly kills fish, but has
an affect on humans.
Ciliophora
Kingdom: Prostista
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Ciliatea
Order: Peniculida
Genus: Paramecium
Species: Caudatum
Family: Parameciidae
Scientific Name: Paramecium caudatum
Location: Paramecium caudatum is located
in fresh water and in some oceans oceans.
Fun Fact: It's sometimes called the "slipper
animalcules"because of their shape.
Kingdom: Chromalveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Prostoatea
Genus: Cryptocaryon
species: irritans
Family and Order are unknown at this time.
Scientific Name: Cryptocaeyon irritans
Location: It is located in marine water.
Fun Fact: This causes an infection commonly called
Marine Itch that effects fish, coral and
invertebrats.
Heterokontophyta- Most organisms in this phylum are algae (including kelp), but some are plankton or parasites, and some produce chlorophyll while others "hunt" for food.
Scientific Name:
Fibrocapsa japonica
Kingdom: Chromista
Phylum: Heterokontophyta
Class: Raphidophyceae
Order: Chattonellales
Family: Chattonellaceae
Genus: Fibrocapsa
species: japonica
Location:
In temprate regions with fresh and
marine waters. Places like the east coast of Asia
or the Dutch coastal waters.
Fun Fact:
Did you know that Fibrocapsa japonica produces
a toxin that kills fish? Once this toxin even killed two
seals!
Dinoflagellata- A large group of protists with flagellates. Most are marine plankton but they are common in fresh waters as well. Half af the Dinoflagellata phylum are photosynthetic, meaning they make their own food and contain chlorophyll.
Scientific Name:Noctiluca scintillans
Kingdom: Chromalveolata
Phylum: Dinoflagellata
Class: Noctiluciphyceae
Order: Noctilucales
Family: Noctilucaceae
Genus: Noctiluca
species: scintillans
Location:
Noctiluca scintillans is located on the surface of fresh
and marine waters; even on the surface of coastal waters.
Fun Fact:
Did you know that this agae actually gives off a soft
green light? That's why it's common name is Seasparkle.
Dinoflagellata- A large group of protists with flagellates. Most are marine plankton but they are also common in fresh waters. Half of the Dinoflagellatas are photosynthetic, meaning they produce their own food and have chlorophyll.
Scientific Name:
Spatulodinium pseudonoctiluca
Kingdom: Chromalveolata
Phylum: Dinoflagellata
Class: Noctiluciphyceae
Order: Noctilucales
Family: Kofodiniaceae
Genus: Spatulodinium
species: pseudonoctiluca
Location: Spatulodinium pseudonoctiluca is located in the Atlantic Ocean as well as fresh bodies of water.
Fun Fact: Spatulodinium pseudonoctiluca blooms every year,
but in the year of 2005 it didn't.
Apicomplexa- A large group of unicellelar protists with organells, and some with flagellates. They are parasites of animals.
Scientific Name:
Cryptosporidium nasorum
Kingdom: Chromalveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Conoidasida
Order: Eucoccidiorida
Family: Cryptosporidiidae
Genus: Cryptosporidium
species: nasorum
Location: Cryptosporidium nasorum is found in
fresh and marine contaminated waters. The
contaminated waters contaminate the fish.
Usually this parasite can be found in the intestintes.
Fun Fact: This parasite can invade birds and humans
as well.
Kingdom: Chromalveolata
Superphylum:Alveolata
Phylum:Apicomplexa
Class:Conoidasida
Order: Eugrega
Family: Lecudinidae
Genus: Lecdina
species: tuzetae
Location: The Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey.
Fun Fact: It is a parasite that reproduces in the intestines of
small marine animals.
Kingdom Animalia
Definition: Animals are multi-celled, and they digest food inside of their bodies.
Invertebrate: An animal that has no backbone or spinal chord.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: CnidariaClass: Hyclrozoa
Order: Siphorophora
Family: Physaliidae
Genus: Physalia
species: physalis
Common Name: Portuguese Man-Of-War
Fun Fact: The toxin in the Man-Of-Wars tentacles are
about 75% as powerful as cobra venom.
Location: It's located in the tropical and sub-tropical
regions of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Definition of Cnidaria: Animals that live in water, have 2 layers of cells seperated
by a jelly-like substance, and has 1 opening for food and waste.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Hapalochlaena
species: lunulata
Common Name: Blue Ringed Octopus
Fun Fact: The blue ringed octopus is currentley reconized as one of
the worlds most venomous animals.
Location: It is located in the western Pacific Ocean.
Definition of Mollusca: Animals that are soft bodied, have a well developed
organ system, and some of them have soft shells.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Merostomata
Order: Xiphosura
Family: Limlidae
Genus: Limulus
species: polyphemus
Common Name: Horseshoe Crab
Fun Fact: The Horseshoe Crab can be traced back to 20 million
years.
Location: It is located in the Atlantic Ocean.
Definition of Athropoda: Animals that have multiple body segments, jointed
appendages, and they have exoskeletons(hand outer covering for
protection that is typical for athropods.)
Vertebrates: An animal with a backbone or spinal chord.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Cephalaspidomorphi
Order: Petromyzontiformes
Family:Petromyzontidae
Genus: Petromyzon
species: marinus
Common Name: Sea Lamprey
Fun Fact:Secretions in the lampreys mouth prevent the
victums blood from clotting.
Location: It is found in the Atlantic coast of Europe and
North America.
Definition of Cephalaspidomorphi: Animals that have no appendages,
it is a parasite, it has gills,it skeletons are cartilage, and it
is an ectotherm (it has a body temperature the same as its
environment.)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Cheloniidae
Genus: Chelonia
species: mydas
Common Name: Green Turtle
Fun Fact: Many islands call themselves the turtle islands because of
all the turtles that nest there every year.
Location: The Green Turtle can be found in the Pacific and Atlantic
Ocean.
Definition of Reptilla: Animals that are covered in plates or scales, they have
lungs, and are ectotherms.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Stenella
species: longirostris
Common Name: Eastern Spinner Dolphin
Fun Fact: The Spinner Dolphins spin around their axis
as they leap through the air.Location: Their located in the eastern Pacific Ocean and
off the shores of tropical waters.
Defintion of Mammalia: Animals that have an advancednervous system
and brain, they feed their yound milk, have appendages, and
have a well developed organ system.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chonrichthyes
Order: Carchrhiniformaes
Family: Sphrnidae
Genus: Sphyrna
species: lewini
Common Name: Hammerhead Shark
Fun Fact: The hammer-like shape on the sharks head
helps it look for food.
Location: The shark is found worldwide in warmer waters
along coastlines.
Definition of Chonrichthyes: Animals that have a skeleton made
of cartilage, strong jaws, gills, teeth, fleshy fins, and they
lay eggs.
VERTABRATES: Any animal with a spinal chord or back bone. An endoskeleton (An internal skeletal system that supports the body) is also found in vertabrates.
Myxini:
Myxini are the only animals to have a skull but no vertebrae. Their skeleton is made up of cartilage. Myxini or Hagfish do not have jaws.
Common Name:
Slime eel
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Myxini
Order: Myxiniformes
Family: Myxinidae
Genus: Myxine
species: australis
Location:
In cold waters of the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, Southern
Ocean, southwestern Brazil, off the coast of Chile, and other
marine coasts.
Mammalia:
Any type of animal with an advanced nervous system, lungs, and appendages. All mammalia, or mammals, give birth (they do not lay eggs) and feed there young with milk. Mammals are endotherms (meaning there body stays at a constant temprature).
Common Names:
Fin Whale
Razor Back
Finner
Common Rorqual
Herring Whale
The Grey Hound of the Sea
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Balaenopteridae
Genus: Balaenoptera
species: physalus
Location:
Fin Whales are located world wide, except in polar waters
( Most common in the Southern Hemisphere).
Fun Fact:
Fin Whales are the second largest animal in the world! (The
Blue Whale is the biggest). In the Northern Hemisphere, Fin
Whales grow up to 75ft while in the Southern Hemisphere they
grow up to 85ft, Wow!
Osteichthyes:
Osteichthyes or Bony fish are a vertebrae class of fish with a skeleton composed of bone.
Commom Name:
Scrawled Filefish
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Monacanthidae
Genus: Aluterus
species: scriptus
Location:
In the western and eastern Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and western
Indo Pacific.
INVERTEBRATES: Any animal with no spinal chord or skeletal system. Invertabrates do not have an endoskeleton.
Ctenophora:
Ctenophora, commonly known as comb jellies, are a phylum of animals that live in marine enviroments worldwide. There bodies are a mass of jelly-like substances with one layer of cells on the outside. Animals within this phylum do not have a brain, but a simple nervous system.
Common Names:
Comb Jelly
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Order: Cydippida
Family: Mertensiidae
Genus: Mertensia
species: ovum
Location:
In areas such as Arctic waters, the East
Pacific and Western Atlantic Ocean.
Mollusca:
Mollusca are soft bodied animals with a well developed organ system. Some have hard shells while others, like the octopus, do not.
Common Name:
Giant Pacific Octopus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Enteroctopus
species: dofleini
Location:
Giant Pacific Octopi are located in Northern Pacific
waters, along the coast of America's northwest side, and
south of Japan.
Fun Fact:
Did you know that these type of octopi (within this genus
and species) are the largest octopi found so far!
Porifera:
Poriferas are a phylum of sponges. They live in saltwater and have two layers of cells. Sponges absorb food through their pores and get rid of waste through their top.
Common Names:
Golf ball sponge
Orange puffball sponge
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Hadromerida
Family: Tethyidae
Genus: Tethya
species: aurantia
Location:
Through the world's oceans under rocks and caves.
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